Could someone please tell me what is inside the Kurländer Palais? Are the interiors recreations or just modern? Also, what was it used for before the war and what will it be used for now? Sorry for so many questions, but I'm really curious. Thanks!

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Unfortunately, that wasn't the case at the Taschenberg Palais Hotel. The exterior was very fine and historically accurate, but the interior was...lots of red carpeting and stainless-steel light fixtures - that's all I can remember, it was so blandly hotel-modern. The only sense you had that you were inside a rebuilt old building was the thickness of the window sills and the solid, heavy feeling of the exterior walls.

I think its not so bad when there are some slight height variations. Of course the point is that the hotel is quite big compared to the buildings around it, but I guess one has to wait and see how it turns out finally.

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There will be trees in front of Quartier VIII. And a fountain, probably.

But historically, there wasn't any green on the square - as on most old town squares throughout European cities.

I wasn't talking about planting trees in the middle of the square but atleast perimentrically and along streets. This lack of greenery reminds me of Vienna. But anyway. The restoration still looks nice!

Dresden is increasingly beautiful.
I don't care for the new modern buildings, I think Dresden should go with classic all the way.
It is beautiful and I don't know why we should end a long tradition of city building for something as silly as Disney Land.

I think its not so bad when there are some slight height variations. Of course the point is that the hotel is quite big compared to the buildings around it, but I guess one has to wait and see how it turns out finally.

Sure it is not ended yet, but one storey less and this will be perfect. I just believe this building is just too long for this height and it would look a lot better if its facade was made into 3 fake buildings of a different composition, and then, it would have 3 heights, and one of the height already made would look ok. If you know what I am talking about what I just explained

True, but even already two different facades would have made a big difference. I am going so far that just cutting apart the building in two halfs by simply using different colours and tiny differences (not necessarily different heights) would have been enough.

Aber wenn der wenn nicht wär', wär' der Bettelmann Kaiser

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